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Preparing Your Screens the Right Way
Preparing Your Screens the Right Way: Screen Printing Emulsion Techniques and Timing

Now that you understand the different types of screen printing emulsions and have selected the right emulsion for your shop, it’s time to talk about using those emulsions the right way to prepare your screens for a successful print run.

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Understanding the Different Types of Screen Printing Emulsions
Understanding the Different Types of Screen Printing Emulsions

A quality screen print requires a quality stencil. That means using the right screen printing emulsion for your job. So what types of screen printing emulsions are there? How are they different? How do you determine which type of emulsion to use?

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Mastering White-On-Dark Screen Printing
Mastering White-On-Dark Screen Printing

Almost nothing poses as big of a challenge for screen printers as printing white ink on black or other dark-colored shirts. White-on-dark prints can come out rough, splotchy or blurry, and they can be challenging to fully cure.

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What You Need to Know About Four
What You Need to Know About Four Color Process Screen Printing

To create a photorealistic image in screen printing, most printers rely on four color process. That involves printing the four basic print colors — cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) — in fine, half-tone dots.

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Curing Water-Based Ink the Right Way
Curing Water-Based Ink the Right Way

Water-based inks have grown in popularity due to their soft hand feel and lower environmental impact. For printers accustomed to plastisol inks, printing with water-based inks can provide some challenges because water-based inks don’t apply and react the same way plastisol inks do.

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Five Steps to Choosing the Right Air Compressor
Five Steps to Choosing the Right Air Compressor

A screen printing shop needs a good air compressor, one that can fully power its screen printing presses and other equipment. Without the right air compressor, your machine can jolt and bounce. That can affect the quality of your prints and cause undue wear on your screen printing press.

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Screen Printing 101
Screen Printing 101: Choosing the Right Mesh Count

For newer screen printers, choosing the right screen mesh count often presents the most concern and confusion. Because of that, many newer screen printers — as well as some more seasoned ones — often use the same medium-grade mesh counts for all jobs. While a mid-range 160 mesh screen will get you far with your printing, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t learn about and experiment with different screen mesh counts for different projects.

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How to Screen Print Plastisol Heat Transfers
How to Screen Print Plastisol Heat Transfers

When you’re running a small business, you need to take advantage of the technology and techniques that will help you increase efficiency while still providing quality products to customers.

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Handle Customers Smoothly at Your Screen Printing Business
Handle Customers Smoothly at Your Screen Printing Business

Your screen printing business is nothing without its customers. However, from time to time you’ll come across some clients that are more difficult to deal with than others. Some might be impossibly picky; others may have unrealistic expectations for what you can deliver. The key to keeping customers happy is communication.

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Finding a Niche with Oversized and All-Over Screen Printing
Finding a Niche with Oversized and All-Over Screen Printing

Feeling squeezed by the restrictions of a standard-sized screen print? If your creativity can’t be contained in your usual print size, you may want to give oversized printing a try. To really push the envelope, you can print whole backs and fronts of shirts, or even try all-over printing.

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7 Screen Printing Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Bottom Line
7 Screen Printing Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Bottom Line

In a recent blog post, we covered seven screen printing tips to improve the quality of your products. Today, we’re expanding upon that by exploring seven screen printing mistakes to help you avoid saying, “I will never make that mistake again.”

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7 Screen Printing Practices That Will Improve Your Finished Product
7 Screen Printing Practices That Will Improve Your Finished Product

Blurry prints. Smudged or rough ink. Improper registration. Images that wear away when washed. As a screen printer, these are some of the common problems you work to avoid. Every misprint costs money, and problem prints that make it into your customers’ hands can damage your business’s reputation.

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